The Western Stone Forts Project

The Western Stone Forts Project was initiated to study a distinctive group of large stone forts located along the western seaboard of Ireland. The majority of these forts are concentrated on the Aran Islands County Galway, in the Burren Co. Clare and on the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas Co. Kerry. Excavations associated with the project were…

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Limestone bead from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 33.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0033

Type: Image

Format: D.17mm; T.6mm

Complete. Circular, perforated bead made from crinoidal limestone of local provenance. Very finely made with highly decorative crinoids that occur as white and brown spots. The bead is rectangular with rounded sides and the slightly off-centre, hour-glass perforation is 5.5mm in diameter. There are traces of wear around the perforation.

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